I've spent years taking detailed
notes on every trip I've ever made. Except in Vienna. Which explains why
this guide is less expansive than my usual efforts.

The emphasis is on brewpubs, of which Vienna has more than its fair share.
Add the city's two large industrial breweries and you get a total of 13.
Not a bad score at all, for a city of Vienna's size (around 1.5 million
inhabitants).

Pubs
Austrian pubs - and those of Vienna are no exception - have lots in common
with those over the border in the Czech Republic. Hhalf litre measures,
reasonably-priced food and vaulted ceilings are the features that most readily
spring into my mind.

Beer
There's a pretty good variety of beer on sale in Vienna. Mostly Austrian,
with the odd Czech lager or Bavarian wheat beer. Naturally, there are the
standard dismal fake Irish pubs with Guinness and Kilkenny, but you'll have
to find those yourselves. I've only listed interesting places.

How this page is organised
Vienna being a rather large and sprawling city, I've split this guide into
eight sections, arranged by "Bezirk".

Want to know even more?
Read Gazza
Prescott's account (after you've studied this guide carefully, of course)
of a beer
hunt around Vienna's brewpubs. If I'm being honest, you should start
there. He's visited the city more recently than me. And he has first-hand
knowledge or more of the pubs. I don't know why I bothered, really.